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No. 484,106. Patented Oct. 11, 1892.

STATES PATENT ,FFICQ EDWARD O. MAYLOY, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOROF ONE-HALF TO ANDREW J. BEVIER, OF SAME PLACE.

FOU NTAlN-IN KSTAN D.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 484,106, dated October11 1892.

Application filed December 26 1891. Serial No. 416,161. (No model.)

T0 to whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD O. MAYLOY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Rochester, in the county of Monroe, in the State of NewYork, have invented certain Improvements in Fountain-Inkstands, of whichthe following is a specification, reference being bad to theaccompanying drawings.

My invention relates to certain improvements in fountain-inkstands,which improvements are fully described and illustrated in the followingspecification and the accompanying drawings, the novel features thereofbeing specified in the claims annexed to the said specification.

In the accompanying drawings, representing my improvements infountain-inkstands, Figure 1 is a central vertical section showing thepiston, funnel, and spring in side elevation. Fig. 2 is a plan view.Fig. 3 is a plan view of the valve. Fig. 4 is a central vertical sectionthrough the tube, the piston, and funnel.

In the accompanying drawings, represent- .inkstand may be provided witha cap or cover B. The reservoir may be made of any suit able material,such as hard rubber. Inside the reservoir is placed a tube or cylinder0, arranged vertically, and which may be conveniently formed of glass orhard rubber.

D is the funnel, and E a piston attached to the funnel and arranged tomove freely within the tube 0, being supported by a light spring F. Anopening 0 is formed through the funnel and piston, through which the inkrises into the funnel when the funnel and piston are depressed by thepressure of the pen on the interior of the funnel. It will be observedthat the upper margin of the funnel fits the interior of the tube, so asto slide freely there in, this arrangement preventing the drying orgumming 0f the ink around the piston. At the bottom of the tube 0 isplaced the perforated bottom or washer Lwhich may be formed separatefrom or in one piece with the tube. An opening 1' is formed through thebottom of the tube. Above the bottom may be placed the valve H, whichconsists, preferably, of a perforated piece of sheet asbestos or hardrubher, being provided with one or more openings s. A lateral channelmay be made in the lower surface of the perforated bottom; butordinarily it will not be found necessary. The ink will find its wayfrom the reservoir to the interior of the tube even without the lateralchannel mentioned, and will rise into the funnel and cover the nib ofthe pen every time the funnel is depressed. The piston is provided withone or more circu inferential grooves t, which act as a packing bybecoming filled with ink to insure the tightness of the piston, whilepermitting the requisite freedom of motion. The funnel is made of anysuitable shape, and it maybe formed in one piece with the piston orseparate therefrom. In the accompanying drawings I have represented thespring F as made of hard rubber in one piece with the piston but it maybe made separately, if preferred. Any other suitable kind of spring maybe employed;but I prefer the hard rubber, as it remains uncorroded bythe ink for any length of time. The spring may be made short, so as tobring the bottom of the piston near the valve H; but I prefer, as in thearrangement shown, to employ a longer spring and to extend the pistondownward within it, as indicated at L. The spring is formed by cutting asquare threaded screw on the lower part of. the block constituting thepiston and by cutting the threads free in any suitable way.

The inkstand is conveniently filled by simply removing the tubecontaining the funnel and piston.

I claim- 1. The combination, in a fountain-inkstand, of theink-reservoir, the inner tube open at its upper end and extending fromthe top to the bottom of the reservoir and having its lower end incontact with the bottom, the perforated piston arranged to reciprocatefreely in the tube and carrying the funnel fitted to the tube at itsmargin, the spring inside the tube supporting the piston, and arestricted opening or passage at the lower end of the tube,communicating between the reservoir and the tube, substantially asdescribed.

2. In a fountain-inkstand, a suitable reservoir, the vertical tube, andthe perforated piston arranged to reciprocate freely within the tube, soas to be depressed by the pen and grooved around its circumference toinsure tigh tness and carrying a funnel, substantially as described.

3. The combination, in a fountain-inkstand, of the reservoir A, theinner tube 0, cornmunicating at its lower end with the reservoir, andthe reciprocating perforated grooved piston E, funnel D, and a suitablesupporting-v 5. The cornhinationfinafountain-inkstand, of the'reservoirA, the inner tube 0, communicating at its lower end with the reservoir,and the reciprocating grooved perforated piston E,supported within thetube by the spring F and having the extension L within the spring,substantially as described.

6. In a fountain-inkstand, a suitable reservoir, the Vertical tube, andthe perforated piston arranged to reciprocate freely in the tube andgrooved around its circumference, so as tovinsure tightness, and afunnel attached to the piston and fitted at its. margin to slide freelyin the tube, substantially as described.

' EDWARD C. MAYLOY.

Witnesses:

O. G. CRANNELL, ANDREW J. BEVIER.

